My point of view
March 19, 2025
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com In the Caribbean, we are no strangers to tradewinds-–those powerful currents that shape our islands’ destiny, both literally […]
January 29, 2025
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist. Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com As 2025 continues to unfold, Trinidad and Tobago faces defining moments in its journey forward. Five years ago, the […]
November 27, 2024
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist. Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com As a small and open economy, Trinidad and Tobago conducts much of its trade using the universally accepted United […]
November 13, 2024
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist. Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com Many a Trinbagonian keenly followed the 2024 US Elections shenanigans. From star-studded conventions across America, from Kamala Harris’ […]
September 23, 2024
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com “I beg you to pledge yourselves here and now, silently, as I did vocally, to bear true faith and […]
July 24, 2024
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com One outcome from the passage of Hurricane Beryl is that most of the Caribbean now is familiar with the […]
June 12, 2024
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com Over the past week, there was a buzz in the country around the state of the economy. The […]
May 29, 2024
By Dr Marlene Attzs, Economist Email: marlene.attzs@gmail.com As I listened to the homily on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, I reflected on how […]